Using information in your papers, in your own words is easily done by making sure that you cite where you got the information

Citation Creators:
www.citationmachine.net, provides MLA or APA, and provides intext citation
Watch the video for step by step instructions to create a works cited entry for a web page.

www.easybib.com, provides ability to add multiple entries to be cited on one document

MLA Citation with paragraph citations:(1)
PDF of Examples: mla.pdf
Existing Film, Video, and Online Media (MLA)
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/mla.html


Citing Graphics and Pictures:
Two ways to cite graphics from http://facultyfp.salisbury.edu/kasergison/citing_graphics.htm
1.add the copyright information to the bottom of the picture in Paint.
2. add site information to the bottom of the picture in Paint.

external image computer.jpg GraphicswCite.JPG
external image rf1.png
"© 1999-2002 www.clipartconnection.com"
Rain Forest Stream (2002). Pics4Learning. Retrieved February 6, 2005 from http://pics.tech4learning.com/




Look at examples of correctly citing work within the paragraph and using end notes.
http://factmonster.info/spot/plagiarism.html

Review these examples of paraphrasing, identify when it is done correctly and when it is plagiarism.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_paraphr.html
http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/plagiarism.shtml
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml#original
http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/integrity/pages/plagiarism.html

Citation

(1)http://www.santarosa.edu/petaluma/library/guides/howto/mla.pdf